2024 Green National Convention
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The 2024 Green National Convention was a political event to select the Green Party of the United States nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 election. It was held on August 15–18, 2024, taking place as a virtual event.[2] The party's delegates formally nominated Jill Stein as the party's presidential nominee and Butch Ware as her running mate.
| 2024 presidential election | |
  Nominees Stein and Ware | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | August 15–18, 2024 |
| Keynote speaker | Margaret Kimberley[1] |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Jill Stein of Massachusetts |
| Vice-presidential nominee | Butch Ware of California |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 293 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 147 |
Nominating process
According to the Green Party, states have different methods of nominating candidates such as a primary or a nominating convention. The party's standing committee for nomination, the Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC), list certain requirements to be a recognized candidate; when the requirements are met the PCSC will give the candidates support to get their names on primary and convention ballots. Recognition is not required to be a candidate for the Green Party's nomination. Once state primaries, caucuses, and conventions are complete, delegates vote to nominate a candidate for president and vice-president.[3][4]
Recognition
The following candidates have been either fully recognized, partially recognized, or recognized as seeking the party's nomination:[3][5]
Fully recognized
- Jill Stein, nominee for president in 2012 and 2016
Partially recognized
- Jasmine Sherman, non-profit executive director
- Jorge Zavala, businessman
Acknowledged active candidates
- Robert Cooke IV, self-proclaimed prophet
- Dashaun "Daví" Davis, activist
- Randy Toler, co-chair of the Florida Green Party, disputed co-founder of the Green Party
Unrecognized
- Keith Bagley
- Anita Belle
- Mason Vicent Cysewski
- Tyler Gray
- Adam Hollick
- Emanuel Pastreich
- Jackie Tate
Guest speakers
The following people were announced as guest speakers and hosts of work-shops that will be held during the convention:[6]
- Jim Becklund, co-chair of the Green Party Elders Caucus
- Chris Blankenhorn, former co-chair of the Green National Committee (2016–2018)
- Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, author
- Barbara Dahlgren, former co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party
- Andy Ellis, campaign organizer
- Philena Farley, community organizer
- Mike Feinstein, co-founder of the California Green Party
- Asa Gordon, chair of the D.C. Statehood Green Party
- Howie Hawkins, Green Party co-founder and nominee for president in 2020
- Haig Hovaness, peace activist
- Rita Jacobs, lawyer and anti-war activist
- Emily Kawano, business owner
- Terry Lodge
- Daniel Lugassy
- Rita Maniotis, campaign activist
- Gloria Mattera, co-chair of the New York Green Party
- Caledon Myers, non-profit executive director
- Sue Peters, financial systems technologist
- AJ Reed, organizer
- Anita Rios, Green Party nominee for the 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
- Rob Richie, ranked-choice voting activist
- Lynne Serpe, educator and campaign consultant
- Ryan Swan, researcher
- Howard Switzer, Green Party nominee for the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election
Presidential delegate vote
Jill Stein
Jasmine Sherman
Dashaun "Daví" Davis
Ajamu Baraka
Randy Toler
Uncommitted/NOTA
2024 Green National Convention presidential vote[7][8]
| Candidate | Delegates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Jill Stein | 267 | 91.13% |
| Jasmine Sherman | 13 | 4.44% |
| Abstained/NOTA | 10 | 3.41% |
| Dashaun "Daví" Davis | 2 | 0.68% |
| Ajamu Baraka (write-in) | 1/2 | 0.17% |
| Randy Toler | 1/2 | 0.17% |
| Totals | 293 | 100% |
Vice presidential selection
Stein announced Butch Ware as her pick for vice presidential running mate during a virtual rally on August 16, 2024. [9]